Pennsylvania Railroad system

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pennsylvania_Railroad_system

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:PRR
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1968
gptkbp:founded	1846
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pennsylvania Railroad system
gptkbp:largest_railroad_by_traffic_and_revenue_in_US	early 20th century
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:Amtrak_Northeast_Corridor gptkb:Conrail
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Penn_Central_Transportation_Company
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Standard_Railroad_of_the_World
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Hudson_River_Tunnels gptkb:Allegheny_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Rockville_Bridge gptkb:Horseshoe_Curve
gptkbp:notableCompetitor	gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad gptkb:New_York_Central_Railroad gptkb:Reading_Company gptkb:Erie_Railroad gptkb:Lehigh_Valley_Railroad
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:Andrew_Carnegie gptkb:George_Westinghouse gptkb:Thomas_A._Scott gptkb:J._Edgar_Thomson
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:bankruptcy_of_Penn_Central_(1970) merger with New York Central Railroad
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Enola_Yard gptkb:Jersey_City_Terminal gptkb:Pennsylvania_Station_(Pittsburgh) gptkb:Sunnyside_Yard gptkb:Altoona_Works
gptkbp:notableInvention	air brake adoption block signaling mail and express service steel passenger cars electrification of mainline standard time adoption
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Samuel_Rea gptkb:Alexander_J._Cassatt gptkb:Martin_W._Clement
gptkbp:notableRoute	gptkb:Spirit_of_St._Louis gptkb:Pennsylvania_Limited gptkb:Broadway_Limited
gptkbp:notableStation	gptkb:30th_Street_Station_(Philadelphia) gptkb:Union_Station_(Washington,_D.C.) gptkb:PRR_E6 gptkb:PRR_GG1 gptkb:PRR_K4s gptkb:PRR_S1 gptkb:PRR_T1 gptkb:Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)
gptkbp:parentCompany	gptkb:Long_Island_Rail_Road gptkb:Philadelphia,_Baltimore_and_Washington_Railroad gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad
gptkbp:subsidiary	gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Fort_Wayne_and_Chicago_Railway gptkb:Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines gptkb:Northern_Central_Railway gptkb:Cleveland,_Akron_and_Columbus_Railway gptkb:Cumberland_Valley_Railroad
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Penn_Central_Transportation_Company
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Fort_Wayne_and_Chicago_Railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6